Ava (pronounced AAVAA, with 2 long AAs as in Oz & Off) is Persian for voice, usually a pleasant one. It would be a Persian girl's name. I like it because it's easy to learn and pronounce in an English-speaking world. My only reserve is that people may mispronounce the first AA as an A, pronouncing it as Aiva by mistake, so the child would have to correct people constantly, or just get used to being called Aiva by mistake! (if the name is supposed to be the Persian one)

Sorry, you're wrong, research was done and they are pronounced as spelled! One example is Eva Longorea or however her last name is spelled. E for Eva, A for Ava. Example is her stating her name as E-va. And she is not alone!

My new daughters name is Ava Grace and I absolutely love it! I beg to differ with the above comment on Hitlers wifes name Eva, it is pronounced with an E like Evil- Eva not A like Acorn- Ava and they have different meanings. Ava is nothing like that womans name.

I also have an Ava...Susan-Ava..32 years old, named after her grandma; Corlena Ava. when she was in high school, she modeled a bit, and the agent wanted her to sign a contract, just using her first name: Susan-Ava. she decided college was more important for her future and graduated magna cum laude from UW...
the reason I used the hyphen, I had watched a Miss Teen USA pagent, when pregnant w/her, and one of the contestants was: Maggie-Meg...soooo...I took my deceased g/f's name; Susan, w/Mom's middle name, Ava, and came up w/Susan-Ava. (*her middle name: Renee' after my baby sister).
she has always gotten positive comments on her name.